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Tracey Ross | Jun 7th, 2011 | Topic: Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: Baltimore, New York, Washington, D.C. |
Organized playtime has seen a resurgence in cities across the U.S. Like many trends, however, this one has the potential to leave those in most need behind. (
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Michelle Bialeck | Mar 8th, 2011 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Tampa |
In Gainesville, Florida, Steve Schell of the Community Weather Coalition is helping community members save their pennies from a rainy day. (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | Feb 23rd, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
Berkeley City and Regional Planning professor Ananya Roy traversed the world to find out what ideas unite and divide an eclectic anti-poverty movement, including Egypt, where grotesquely uneven development has now sparked an uprising. She found one common denominator: microfinance. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Oct 12th, 2010 | Topic: Economy | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
As Suburban Poverty Grows, U.S. Fails to Respond Adequately: The focus of transit provision is on center cities, but the poor have begun to spread out. (
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Next American City | Aug 17th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C. |
Do place-based anti-poverty strategies work? On July 26th, Next American City, The Penn Institute for Urban Research and the Netter Center for Community Partnerships hosted a conversation at the National Building Museum what the HUD Moving to Opportunity program did to break the cycle of poverty. (
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Carly Berwick | May 3rd, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Carly Berwick reviews a “detailed, engrossing book” by Elizabeth Rose, called
The Promise of Preschool. What does early education have to do with cities? A lot. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Mar 25th, 2010 | Topic: Economy | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Do large cities make it more difficult for people to find jobs because of long commute distances? (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Mar 2nd, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: Central, Midwest | Cities: |
Why is Joel Kotkin extolling the virtues of suburbia? A land use argument meant to appeal to the auto-oriented middle class is beginning to sound more like partisan rhetoric. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Feb 25th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
As Americans from all income groups continue to flock to the suburbs, the poor are particularly affected by a lack of transportation options. (
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Hamida Kinge | Jun 9th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
In her column, The Tipping Point, Hamida Kinge looks at a new United Nations report that links urban poverty, climate change and migration to cities from rural areas to “megadisasters.” (
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Organized playtime has seen a resurgence in cities across the U.S. Like many trends, however, this one has the potential to leave those in most need behind. (keep reading…)
In Gainesville, Florida, Steve Schell of the Community Weather Coalition is helping community members save their pennies from a rainy day. (keep reading…)
Berkeley City and Regional Planning professor Ananya Roy traversed the world to find out what ideas unite and divide an eclectic anti-poverty movement, including Egypt, where grotesquely uneven development has now sparked an uprising. She found one common denominator: microfinance. (keep reading…)
As Suburban Poverty Grows, U.S. Fails to Respond Adequately: The focus of transit provision is on center cities, but the poor have begun to spread out. (keep reading…)
Do place-based anti-poverty strategies work? On July 26th, Next American City, The Penn Institute for Urban Research and the Netter Center for Community Partnerships hosted a conversation at the National Building Museum what the HUD Moving to Opportunity program did to break the cycle of poverty. (keep reading…)
Carly Berwick reviews a “detailed, engrossing book” by Elizabeth Rose, called The Promise of Preschool. What does early education have to do with cities? A lot. (keep reading…)
Do large cities make it more difficult for people to find jobs because of long commute distances? (keep reading…)
Why is Joel Kotkin extolling the virtues of suburbia? A land use argument meant to appeal to the auto-oriented middle class is beginning to sound more like partisan rhetoric. (keep reading…)
As Americans from all income groups continue to flock to the suburbs, the poor are particularly affected by a lack of transportation options. (keep reading…)
